The Stuarts

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THE STUARTS

JAMES I (1603-1625)

CHARLES I (1625-1649)

• He shared his father's idea that he was King by DIVINE RIGHT
• From 1629 to 1640 he ruled as an absolute king

As a result

CIVIL WAR

(1642-1649)

two factions

THE ROYALISTS

THE ROUNDHEADS

The ROYALISTS supported the KING (CATHOLICS, members of the UPPER CLASSES)

The ROUNDHEADS supported the PARLIAMENT (Puritans, members of the middle classes)

1649 

KING CHARLES I was executed

MONARCHY was abolished

COMMONWEALTH (1649-1653) 

A sort of Republic- in fact it was a sort of dictatorship

CROMWELL

LORD PROTECTOR

A strict moral code was enforced in society

THEATHRES were closed

1660

MONARCHY was re-established

Charles II 

during his reign two parties were born

TORIES

WHIGS

JAMES II (1685)

(CHARLES II's brother